νόος

νόος, νόου, ὁ, [dialect] Att. [var] contr. [full] νοῦς, gen. νοῦ: Hom. uses the [var] contr. form once, in nom., Od.10.240, cf. Hes.Fr.205 (Hdt. never): Trag. use [var] contr. form, exc. in A.Ch.742 (iamb.), S.Ph.1209 (lyr.): [dialect] Aeol. gen.

A

νῶ Alc.Supp.9.1

; acc.νῶν Sapph.ib.25.2; νόον Ead.70 (s.v.l.): heterocl. forms are found in NT and later writers, gen.

νοός Ep.Rom.7.23

, LXX 4 Ma.1.35; dat.

νοΐ 1 Ep.Cor.1.10

, [Aristid.] Or.35(9).26; nom. pl.

νόες Ph.1.86

, Plot.6.7.17, Dam.Pr.96; acc. pl.

νόας Plu. Fr.7.27

, Iamb.Myst.1.15, Ammon.in Int.243.3 (v.l.), Dam.Pr.103: [dialect] Att. pl. νοῖ, acc. νοῦς, gen. νόων ib.122, dat. νοῖς ibid., is rare in early writers, as Ar.Fr.471, but freq. in later philosophy:

1 mind, as employed in perceiving and thinking, sense, wit,

οὐ λῆθε Διὸς πυκινὸν ν. Il.15.461

;

ν. πολυκερδέα Od.13.255

;

ν. ὁρῇ καὶ ν. ἀκούει, τἄλλα κωφὰ καὶ τυφλά Epich.249

, cf. S.OT371;

νόῳ

prudently,

Od.6.320

;

παρὲκ νόον

senselessly,

Il.20.133

;

σὺν νόῳ

wisely,

Hdt.8.86

, 138; ξὺν νῷ with play on ξυνῷ, Heraclit.114 (νόῳ codd. Stob.);

ξὺν νῷ ἑλομένῳ Pl. R.619b

;

οὐδενὶ ξὺν νῷ Id.Cri.48c

;

μηδενὶ ξὺν νῷ Ar.Nu.580

;

τοῦ νοῦ χωρίς S.OT550

;

τοῦ ν. κενός Id.OC931

; νόῳ λαβεῖν τι to apprehend it, Hdt.3.51; νόῳ σχεῖν, ἔχειν, recall, remember, Id.5.92.ή, Pl.R.490a;

κοινὸς ν. Phld.Rh.1.37

S., Arr.Epict.3.6.8; ἀγαθὸς ν., σπουδαῖος ν., Phld.Rh.2.61, 1.252 S.

2 νοῦν ἔχειν in two senses,

a to have sense, be sensible, S.Tr.553, El.1013, 1465, Ar.Ra.535, etc.;

ὁ νοῦς ὅδ' αὐτὸς ν. ἔχων οὐ τυγχάνει E.IA1139

; so ν. ὀλίγον κεκτημένος Ar.Ec.747;

σμικρὸν νοῦ κεκτῆσθαι Pl.Lg.887e

; impers.,

τὸ γὰρ περισσὰ πράσσειν οὐκ ἔχει ν. οὐδένα S.Ant.68

, cf. Pl.Ti.68b; cf. νουνεχόντως.

b νοῦν or τὸν ν. ἔχειν to have one's mind directed to something,

ἄλλοσ' ὄμμα, θητέρᾳ δὲ ν. ἔχειν S.Tr.272

, cf. Sapph.Supp.25.2;

τὸν ν. πρὸς αὑτὸν οὐκ ἔχων, ἐκεῖσε δέ E.Ph.1418

;

δεῦρο ν. ἔχε Id.Or. 1181

;

οἴκοι τὸν ν. ἔχειν Id.Ion 251

; ποῦ τὸν ν. ἔχεις; Ar.Ec.156; τὸν ν. ἔχειν πρός τινα or τι (like προσέχειν τὸν ν.) Th.7.19, Pl.Grg.504d;

πρός τινι Id.Prt.324a

, etc.;

περί τινος Id.R.534b

;

ἐν πέρδιξιν AP7.206

(Damoch.): conversely, ἐπὶ νοῦν ἐλθεῖν τινι to occur to one, D.H.3.15, Arr.An.7.24.3.

3 mind, more widely, as employed in feeling, deciding, etc., heart,

χαῖρε νόῳ Od.8.78

;

κεῦθε νόῳ Il.1.363

;

[χόλος] οἰδάνει νόον 9.554

;

ἐνὶ στήθεσσιν ἀτάρβητος ν. ἐστί 3.63

; ν. ἔμπεδος, ἀκήλητος, ἀπηνής, 11.813, Od.10.329, 18.381; ν. εὐμενής, ἄγναμπτος, etc., Pi.P.8.18, A.Pr.164 (lyr.), etc.;

πολλῶν ἀνθρώπων νόον ἔγνω Od.1.3

; ἐκ παντὸς νόου with all his heart and soul, Hdt.8.97; τῷ νῷ . . κἀπὸ τῆς γλώσσης in heart as well as tongue, S.OC 936: freq. in phrase κατὰ νόον according to one's mind, Hdt.1.117, 7.104;

εἰ τάδ' ἔχει κατὰ νοῦν κείνῳ S.OC1768

(anap.);

πράξειας κατὰ ν. τὸν ἐμόν Id.Fr.469

(anap.);

κατὰ ν. πράξας Ar.Eq.549

;

χωρεῖ κατὰ ν. Id.Pax940

, cf. Pl.Euthphr.3e.

4 mind, resolve, purpose, ἀγαθῷ νόῳ, i.e. kindly, Hdt.1.60; τί σοι ἐν νόῳ ἐστὶ ποιέειν; what do you intend to do? ib.109;

ἡμῖν ἐν ν. ἐγένετο εἰπεῖν Id.9.46

; ἐν ν. ἔχειν c. [tense] fut. inf., to intend . . , Id.1.10 (v.l.): c. [tense] pres. inf., ib. 27, Pl.R.344d; ποιέειν τι ἐπὶ νόον τινί to put into his mind to do . . , Hdt.1.27; ἐπὶ νόον τρέπειν τινί . . Id.3.21;

ταύτῃ <ὁ> ν. ἔφερε Id.9.120

.

5 reason, intellect,

νόου φρενί Xenoph.25

, cf. Parm.16.2, etc.;

θεῖος ν. Democr.112

, cf. Id. ap. Arist. de An.404a28; opp. δόξα, Pl.Ti.51d, cf. Arist. de An.428a5.

b Mind as the active principle of the Universe, Anaxag. 12, etc.;

Θαλῆς νοῦν τοῦ κόσμου τὸν θεόν Placit.1.7.11

;

ἡ τοῦ κόσμου γένεσις ἐξ ἀνάγκης καὶ νοῦ συστάσεως Pl. Ti.48a

, cf. Sph.249a, Phlb.30c, Arist.Metaph.1072b20, de An.430a17, Zeno Stoic.1.28, Plot.5.1.4.

II act of mind, thought,

ἡμῖν δ' οὔ τις τοῦδε νόος καὶ μῆτις ἀμείνων Il.15.509

;

οὐ γάρ τις νόον ἄλλος ἀμείνονα τοῦδε νοήσει 9.104

;

οὐ γὰρ δὴ τοῦτον μὲν ἐβούλευσας νόον αὐτή Od.5.23

.

2 purpose, design,

νόον τελεῖν τινι Il.23.149

;

σάφα οἶσθ' οἷος ν. Ἀτρεΐωνος 2.192

.

III sense, meaning of a word, etc.,

οὗτος ὁ νόος τοῦ ῥήματος Hdt.7.162

, cf. Ar.Ra.1439, Plb.5.83.4, Phld.Rh. 1.106 S., etc.; ὁ νόος τῆς θυσίης cj. for νόμος in Hdt.1.216; meaning of a work of art, Philostr.VA4.28;

πολὺς ν. ἐν ὀλίγῃ λέξει συνέσταλται Plu.2.510e

; πρὸς τὸν αὐτὸν νοῦν to the same effect, Str.15.3.7; πρὸς νοῦν οὐδὲν λέγοντες to the point, Phld.Mus.p.96K.;

οὐδὲ νοῦν ἔχον

senseless,

Id.Po.5.29

.

IV Pythag. name for μονάς, Theol.Ar.6. (Etym. dub.; the pr.n.

Πολυνόϝα IG9(1).870

hardly proves νόϝος.)